Jessup is a surname and place name.
As a surname, it derives from a medieval form of Joseph.
Several towns in the United States bear the name, most notably Jessup, Maryland and Jessup, Pennsylvania.
The name appears in legal contexts through *Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition*, a prestigious law school competition.
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Jessup is a surname and place name.
As a surname, it derives from a medieval form of Joseph.
Several towns in the United States bear the name, most notably Jessup, Maryland and Jessup, Pennsylvania.
The name appears in legal contexts through *Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition*, a prestigious law school competition.
1. placename — Maryland, Mid-Atlantic U.S. state; town (Mid-sized settlement); county (Local administrative division); township (County's smaller division); settlement · municipality · community · locale · borough · village · hamlet · geography · location · region
2. surname — Smith, Ubiquitous English surname; Johnson (Patronymic meaning son-of); Williams (Patronymic family name); Jones (Frequent family name); Brown · Davis · Miller · Wilson · Anderson · Taylor · Thompson · Garcia · Martinez · Robinson
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/Jessup